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Pastel portrait of Madame de Rieux in a ball gown holding a mask, by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour, Musée Cognacq-Jay

Musée Cognacq-Jay · Le Marais

Painting & Pastels of the 18th Century

Now showingPermanent collection·Free

The museum's painting and pastel holdings: Boucher, Fragonard and Chardin alongside Maurice-Quentin de La Tour's dazzling pastel of Madame de Rieux in a masked ball gown.

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